Brian McFadden has set the record straight about a potential Westlife reunion involving all five original members.

The 38-year-old who sensationally quit the band in 2004 says he has spoken to "senior to members of the Westlife project" about a potential five man reunion, but insists the decision doesn't lie with him.

He tweeted: "For the record. I have spoke to senior to members of the westlife project saying a major offer is on the table for a 5 man reunion That’s fine but you have to respect the wishes of shane mark nick and Kian. If they only want to be a four piece I respect that x"

The statement on the social media site was followed by a second tweet which read: "Simple as Lorraine. Westlife don’t see me as amberanymorww [sic]."

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It comes after Westlife frontman Shane Filan said he doesn't see Westlife as a five piece anymore.

"I honestly see Westlife as being four people now," he explained. "The four people who started and finished Westlife are what I consider the band.

"Brian has been out of the band longer than he was in it. If we ever reunited down the line, it would only be the four of us," he said.

Last year Brian told Belfast Live he couldn't see a full reunion ver taking place.

He said: "To be honest I don't think it's going to happen, there's never been any conversations about it.

"I have never had any conversation with any other member of Westlife about ever doing anything together again.

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"And the little bit I know is that Louis Walsh has said that the conversations were that if there was going to ever be a reunion at all, which I don't know even if there's going to be, that it will probably just be the other four members.

"It's been too long now and things have changed too much in kind of, in the whole how it is with us, so I think more than likely if there was going to be a Westlife reunion it would be the other four guys and not the five of us."

Brian has been touring with fellow boyband star Keith Duffy for the last couple of years as Boyzlife.

The pair have travelled all over the world bringing fans songs and stories from their hey-days in Westlife and Boyzone respectively.